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| 1852, June 30 | |
| The act provided for Griffith's valuation of landholdings throughout Ireland, which helped to rationalize the tenant and landholder problems. | 1 |
| Sept. 8–9 | |
| Tenant League conference in Dublin. The M.P.'s present adopted a policy of independent opposition to any government that failed to support the Tenant League. | 2 |
| Dec. 13 | |
| Independent Irish Party formed at a meeting of Liberal Irish M.P.'s; it agreed to combine the concerns of the Tenant League and the Catholic Defense Association and refuse to support any government that did not commit itself to such a program. During the party's short-lived success, it was able to control the balance within Parliament. However, it failed as a result of attrition of leadership, lack of clarity about how its policy should be translated into action, and gradual economic improvement in Irish agriculture. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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